This adventurer is overly righteous.

The process of eradicating the goblin lair was extremely swift. Adrian fled early, and the original plan to target the enemy was rendered ineffective. As for the remaining goblins, they could be wiped out by the soldiers alone. Furthermore, thanks to the intervention of the heroes and mages, the normal eradication operation resulted in almost no casualties.

The mages began studying the altar left by Adrian, while the heroes cut off goblin ears. Although this income was insignificant to them, they had nothing else to do at the moment.

Reginald surveyed the entire underground cavern with great interest. The mages had removed the stench beforehand and sealed off the latrine. The young count wandered around like an adventurer, while also inviting Logan to accompany him.

"I heard you escaped from here, and I'm very curious about it..." Reginald stood at the underground river, marveling at the ingenious design of the entire underground cave. He reached out and touched the flowing water, feeling its unusual coolness. "Tell me about it. I love hearing other people's adventure stories."

Before Reginald became a count, he had worked as an adventurer in the Adventurers' Guild for a period of time, so he had a good relationship with the Whitestone Town Adventurers' Guild.

Some noble children would choose to experience the life of an adventurer in order to hone their skills, but Reginald was different; he simply loved adventure and enjoyed listening to heroic tales.

"I didn't escape from here alone." Logan said somewhat nervously, bowing to Reginald. "I was rescued by a companion, and I don't know if I can tell you about him, as he might not want too much publicity..."

"Really can't I tell you?" Reginald asked, somewhat disappointed. "You don't have to reveal his name or his identity. Just tell me what he did and how you escaped. Besides, you must have told your superior the truth when you reported the information, right?"

"I can ask him, but I would prefer to hear it from the person in question. If he doesn't want to be famous, I can keep quiet."

Although the young count showed an extremely friendly attitude, Logan knew that the other party had given him a great deal of face, and he had no choice but to tell the whole story truthfully. However, he chose to tell the story with reservations, omitting some parts.

For example, the heart, and the Steel Swamp Dragon that Kroya killed in the end.

The origin of that heart was unknown, but it must have been very valuable. The Steel Swamp Dragon was an extremely valuable monster, and elite adventurers rarely managed to hunt it. Its bones, teeth, and skin were all excellent magical materials. However, given the circumstances at the time, Kroya and Logan had no way to process it and had to temporarily leave it in the cave.

Before leaving, they tried to block the entrance to the cave, determined to come back for it later.

Therefore, the story that Reginald heard was changed to the ending where Kroya and Logan went downstream and, although they were attacked by a river monster along the way, they escaped unharmed.

"Excellent." Reginald clapped his hands, a hearty smile on his face. "I'd love to befriend this brave, resourceful, kind, and upright adventurer. Of course, I respect him, so goblin, please take this to him."

  

Logan was given a token that was entirely ochre red with a gold border. In the center of the token was a relief depicting three swords intersecting and inserted into a stone.

"If the adventurer you speak of is truly as described in your story..."

Reginald said.

"With this token, he can come to my castle to meet me. If he is willing to become one of my heroes, I will gladly offer him a title and a fief."

Reginald was not good at managing land. He admired heroes, so he befriended many heroic adventurers and brought some of them under his wing, granting them land.

"But if he's not willing, we can still be friends," Reginald added. He knew recruiting adventurers wasn't easy. "We can cooperate. I'm going to assemble a hunting party to venture deep into the Misty Forest in winter to obtain valuable monster pelts. I need honest and kind people to be my subordinates."

......

Kroya awoke, completely unaware of what had happened in the wilderness. He sensed his body and found that he had fully recovered and was free from pain and suffering.

The silver knife cut his finger, and blood dripped onto the paper. Kroya began to examine the changes in his attributes, feeling that he had made great progress.

【Kroya】

[Jinli e-]

【Agile e】

【Defense e-】

【Martial Arts e+】

【Magic D-】

【Magic Resistance e+】

【Lucky C+】

【Charm B+】

[Skills: Basic Runes, Storage, Vengeance Arrow, Charged Slash, Flash, Purify, Heal, Tranquility, Protection, Basic Cooking, Music, Scriptures...]

[Talent: Divine Favor (Slightly increases spells' resistance to evil, allows you to sense malice, accelerates mana regeneration, allows you to hide in darkness, ensures your arrows never harm the innocent, Hunter, Unyielding, Immortality (Low Level))]

"All attributes have been increased by one level."

Kroya was somewhat surprised, but also felt it was to be expected, since after finally killing the Steel Swamp Dragon, a notification appeared stating that all attributes had been greatly increased.

In terms of stats alone, Kroya is definitely among the top elite adventurers.

With the use of blessings and various skills, even elite adventurers who knew all of Kroya's information beforehand could not last more than a few rounds against him.

"I wonder what level a Hero-level adventurer is?"

Kroya had never met a hero-level adventurer before. These guys were quite famous, but their whereabouts were unpredictable, and Kroya couldn't compare the gap between himself and them.

"Let's just say it's above elite adventurers, but below hero level."

Kroya then noticed that the blessing [Bloodline Tracking] had disappeared, which meant that his mission was complete. The goblins in this area were no longer a threat. Winter was coming, and the remaining goblins would have to endure the cold and snow. It was foreseeable that they would not appear in human sight for a long time.

"I'll offer my thanks after we finish eating." Kroya made up his mind and came downstairs. The group of adventurers, who had been making a lot of noise, drinking and gambling, suddenly fell silent when they saw Kroya appear, becoming as docile as quails with their necks tucked in.

"What's wrong?"

Kroya asked Miss Millie, while remembering that he still had some money left at the Adventurers' Guild, such as the money from recycling those goblin trinkets.

"A team of fifteen adventurers has perished." Miss Millie showed no sadness on her face. After all, she knew all those adventurers, and morally speaking, their deaths were actually a good thing. "There are rumors that you killed them."

"But how could that be, right?" Miss Millie patted Kroya on the shoulder. She didn't know the specifics, but was just making a judgment based on common sense.

Moreover, according to the latest internal news from the Adventurers' Guild, those guys clearly died in the goblin's lair, but somehow someone linked this to Kroya, which is practically like throwing dirty water on Kroya.

However, this is actually a good thing for Kroya, at least no adventurers will actively cause trouble for him, so it can be considered a blessing in disguise.

"Indeed." Kroya took a sip of water and nodded seriously.